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{{Infobox person
| name = Srdjan Djokovic
| image = Novak Djokovic parents (Srdjan crop).jpg
| image_size = 205px
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| native_name = Срђан Ђоковић
| native_name_lang = sr
| birth_date = {{
| birth_place = [[
| nationality = Serbian
| occupation = Entrepreneur, former skier and ski instructor
| known_for =
| children = Sons [[Novak Djokovic|Novak]], [[Marko Djokovic|Marko]], [[Djordje Djokovic|Djordje]]
}}
'''Srdjan Djokovic''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl-Latn|Срђан Ђоковић|
▲'''Srdjan Djokovic''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Срђан Ђоковић|translit=Srđan Đoković}}; born 25 April 1961)<ref>{{cite web | last=Marić | first=Mario | title=Otac najboljeg srpskog sportiste na svetu slavi jubilarni 60. rođendan | website=Telegraf.rs | date=April 25, 2021 | url=https://www.telegraf.rs/sport/showtime/3331596-otac-najboljeg-srpskog-sportiste-na-svetu-slavi-jubilarni-60-rodjendan | language=sr | access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name=politika1>{{cite web | last=Trošelj | first=Slavko | title=Đorđe je Novak na kvadrat | website=Politika Online | url=https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/161399/Spektar/Dorde-je-Novak-na-kvadrat | language=sr | date=December 25, 2010}}</ref> is a Serbian entrepreneur and former professional [[skier]] and skiing coach. He is best known as the father of tennis players [[Novak Djokovic|Novak]], [[Djordje Djokovic|Djordje]], and [[Marko Djokovic]]. Supporting and following his son Novak worldwide, he gained notoriety for several missteps and strong statements in Novak's favor.
==Early life and education==
Djokovic was born in [[
[[File:Robert DeNiro at the 2007 US Open.jpg|thumb|[[Robert DeNiro]] (left) and Srdjan Djokovic (right) at the [[2007 US Open (tennis)|2007 US Open]]]]▼
▲Djokovic was born in [[Kosova Mitrovica]] to parents Stanka and Vladimir, and grew up in the nearby town of [[Zvečan]].<ref name="politika1" />{{sfn|Wilbon, Stout|2012|pp=304}} He has a sister, Jelena, and a younger brother, Goran.<ref name="politika1" />After completing high school, he moved to [[Belgrade]] to study law, but did not finish the studies. Later on, the whole family moved to Belgrade.<ref name=":2">{{cite book|last=Müksch |first=D. |year=2022 |title=Novak Djokovic: Ein Leben lang im Krieg |publisher= Die Werkstatt |isbn=9783730706046 |language=de}}</ref> During winters, he worked as a ski coach in the winter resorts of [[Kopaonik]] and [[Brezovica, Kosovo|Brezovica]], where he met his future wife Dijana in 1986.<ref name="politika1" />
==Career==
Djokovic is a former professional skier<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=McElwee |first=Molly |date=26 January 2023
In 2011, Djokovic attempted to unseat [[Serbia Tennis Federation]] president [[Slobodan Živojinović]], but ultimately failed to do so.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schurman |first=Kyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JF-BwAAQBAJ&dq=srdjan+djokovic&pg=PT47 |title=Novak Djokovic Bio: A Perfect Season? |date=6 October 2011 |publisher=Hyperink Inc |isbn=978-1-61464-546-7 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, Djokovic attempted to unseat [[Serbia Tennis Federation]] president [[Slobodan Živojinović]], but ultimately failed to do so.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schurman |first=Kyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JF-BwAAQBAJ&dq=srdjan+djokovic&pg=PT47 |title=Novak Djokovic Bio: A Perfect Season? |date=2011-10-06 |publisher=Hyperink Inc |isbn=978-1-61464-546-7 |language=en}}</ref> In January 2023, he was seen during the [[Australian Open]] tennis tournament near the [[Rod Laver Arena]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nabbi |first=Zayn |date=2023-01-26 |title=Novak Djokovic's father poses with fan wearing pro-Russia 'Z' symbol |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/tennis/djokovic-father-z-symbol-russia-intl-spt/index.html |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> with a pro-[[Vladimir Putin]] motorcycle gang called the [[Night Wolves]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Djokovic's father filmed with Putin supporters |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/64409618 |access-date=2023-01-26}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> [[Vasyl Myroshnychenko]], the [[Australia–Ukraine relations|Ukrainian ambassador to Australia]], called for Djokovic to be banned from the subsequent tennis match in the competition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=Simon |date=2023-01-26 |title=Novak Djokovic's father facing Australian Open ban calls after pro-Putin video |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2023/01/26/novak-djokovics-father-srdjan-seen-pro-russian-demonstrators/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Djokovic subsequently stated that he would not attend the January 27 semi-final to avoid disrupting it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title=Novak Djokovic's dad stays away from Australian Open semifinal |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/novak-djokovic-s-dad-stays-away-from-australian-open-semifinal-1.6248693 |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref> Srdjan Djokovic later stated that he did not intend to post with the pro-Russian gangsters and mistakenly thought he was posing for photos with Serbian tennis fans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Novak Djokovic defends father after video with Vladimir Putin supporters |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-father-putin-australian-open-b2271411.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>▼
==Role in Novak's upbringing==
▲[[File:Robert DeNiro at the 2007 US Open.jpg|thumb|[[Robert
When Novak was four, Djokovic and his wife gave him a mini-racket and a soft foam ball, which became "the most beloved toy in his life".<ref name=Novi>{{Cite web |last=Cutler |first=Teddy |date=13 March 2016 |title=Exclusive: Novak Djokovic's father talks Andy Murray, Roger Federer and his son's career |url=https://www.newsweek.com/novak-djokovic-father-exclusive-interview-436106 |access-date=7 November 2021 |website=Newsweek}}</ref> Djokovic taught him to ski from a very early age, but it was tennis that won him over,<ref name=dare>{{cite web |url=http://novakdjokovic.com/en/novak-djokovic |title=Djokovic, Novak |publisher=novakdjokovic.com |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref> so he and his wife sent him to a tennis camp in [[Novi Sad]].<ref name=Novi/> Because of his job in the Kopaonik ski resort, Djokovic and his family spent the summer and winter vacations in Mount Kopaonik, and it was there that the state-owned Yugoslav company Genex, which developed much of Kopaonik, chose to build three tennis courts just across the parking lot from where the Djokovics opened their Red Bull restaurant.<ref name=nytimes/> In the summer of 1993, he allowed the six-year-old Novak to join a tennis camp that was being held on those courts by the [[Teniski Klub Partizan]], under the supervision of Yugoslav tennis player [[Jelena Genčić]].<ref name=spiegel/><ref name=nytimes/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3243000 |title=Behind every good man is an even better woman coach |last=Drucker |first=Joel |publisher=ESPN |date=14 February 2008 |access-date=8 July 2011}}</ref>
Since no one in the Djokovic family had a tennis background, his parents asked experts whether Novak had sufficient potential and talent to pursue a tennis career and whether they should invest in it;<ref name=ausopen>{{Cite web |url=https://ausopen.com/articles/news/novak-djokovic-writing-his-own-history |title=Novak Djokovic: Writing his own history |website=ausopen.com |date=18 August 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref><ref name=reuters>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/shaped-by-hardship-djokovic-grateful-tennis-mother-tennis-father-2023-06-11/ |title=Shaped by hardship, Djokovic grateful for 'tennis mother' and 'tennis father' |website=www.reuters.com |date=12 June 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref> ultimately it was Genčić who gave them those assurances,<ref name=nytimes/> telling them that they had "a golden child".<ref name=spiegel/> Genčić's words were the ones that Djokovic and his wife repeated amongst themselves to help justify the sacrifices they would go on to make for Novak's career.<ref name=nytimes/> After the summer camp ended, Novak and Genčić began training together intensively at Belgrade's Partizan Tennis Club.<ref name=spiegel/> Since Djokovic and Dijana at the time were focused on Kopaonik and working at the restaurant, they asked Djokovic's brother Goran to occasionally drop Novak off and pick him up from training in Belgrade and to also accompany him to local tournaments.{{sfn|Bowers|2014|p=chapter six}}
During the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]] in 1999, Djokovic and his family spent several hours in the basement<ref name=biography>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/athletes/novak-djokovic |title=Novak Djokovic: Biography, Tennis Player, Grand Slam Champion |website=www.biography.com |date=11 September 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref> and in shelters during the first few nights before eventually deciding to go on living their old routines as normal as possible.<ref name=spiegel/> On 22 May, Djokovic and his family were celebrating Novak's 12th birthday at the Partizan club when an air strike began while he and his wife were singing [[Happy Birthday to You]].<ref name=spiegel/> Talking about his parents, Novak stated: "My mother is a rock who kept the family together in the toughest moments. My father is the driving force of the family, someone who has instilled in me such power of belief and positive thinking".<ref name=ausopen/><ref name=reuters/>
[[File:Novak Djokovic Trophy Wimbledon 2019 -edited.jpg|thumb|Djokovic's son Novak in Wimbledon, [[2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2019]].]]
Djokovic is married to Dijana Djokovic<ref name=":0" /> ({{nee|Žagar}}). They are the parents of three sons: [[Novak Djokovic|Novak]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 Jan 2023 |title=Novak Djokovic's father seen posing with Putin supporters carrying Russian flags at Australian Open |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/australian-open-djokovic-father-russian-flags-1.6726581}}</ref> (born 1987), [[Marko Djokovic|Marko]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Biographies |first=Belmont and Belcourt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFWA0tx6BDoC&dq=srdjan+djokovic&pg=PT7 |title=Novak Djokovic: An Unauthorized Biography |date=August 2012 |publisher=Price World Publishing |isbn=978-1-61984-179-6 |language=en}}</ref> (born 1991), and [[Djordje Djokovic|Djordje]] (born 1995).<ref name=":2" /> In 2022, Djokovic criticised the [[Australian Government|Government of Australia]] for not letting his eldest son, Novak, enter the country due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19]] public health rules.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-16 |title='Muhammad Ali was vilified too': Serbians blast Australian government over Djokovic's deportation |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-17/serbia-reacts-anger-and-sadness-novak-djokovic-ruling/100760436 |access-date=2023-01-26}}</ref> On 6 January, the eve of [[Christmas|Orthodox Christmas day]], Djokovic compared his son's detention in Australia to the [[Crucifixion of Jesus]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-06 |title=Novak Djokovic 'lured to Australia to be humiliated', says Serbia |language=en-UK |work=Guardian News |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/novak-djokovic-lured-to-australia-to-be-humiliated-says-serbia}}</ref>▼
Due to his rapid development, Genčić advised Djokovic and Dijana that if they wanted him to keep progressing, he had to leave the country.<ref name=dare/> To that end, Genčić contacted [[Nikola Pilić]] and in September 1999 the 12-year-old moved to the Pilić tennis academy in Germany, spending four years there.<ref name=spiegel/><ref name=dare/> At that time, a difficult economic and political situation was looming over Serbia, so the decision to let Novak move to Germany was difficult, but it was the only logical thing to do.<ref name=dare/> Djokovic acted on Genčić's assessment, and in addition to Germany, he also took his son to train at academies in the [[United States]] and [[Italy]].<ref name=Novi/> The travel and training were a financial drain on the family, and although Pilić offered a special price of 5,000 [[Deutsche Mark]]s a month, it was still much more than what the Djokovic family could afford, so he tried unsuccessfully to look for sponsors and even investors, but no one was willing to sign a contract.<ref name=spiegel/> At one point, he convinced Serbian businessman Filip Cepter to agree to cover the costs of Novak's stay at the Pilic Academy, but this large financial aid ended up never happening because of [[Slobodan Živojinović|Slobodan "Boba" Živojinović]], a former tennis player, who allegedly told Cepter that "Novak is good, but he has a sick heart, a sick heel and a dad who is impossible to cooperate with".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kurir.rs/sport/tenis/3288299/uspeh-je-najveca-osveta-srdjan-je-pre-16-godina-trazio-investitore-da-uloze-u-novaka-jedan-covek-je-nudio-pomoc-ali-ga-je-odgovorio-boba-zivojinovic |title=USPEH JE NAJVEĆA OSVETA Srđan je pre 16 godina tražio investitore da ulože u Novaka, jedan čovek je nudio pomoć ali ga je odgovorio Boba Živojinović! |trans-title=SUCCESS IS THE GREATEST REVENGE 16 years ago, Srđan was looking for investors to invest in Novak, one man offered help, but Boba Živojinović answered him! |language=Serbian |website=www.kurir.rs |date=19 July 2019 |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref>
Djokovic ultimately decided to take out high-interest loans to help pay for his son's tennis education,<ref name=spiegel/> which naturally put Novak under immense pressure to deliver.<ref name=Novi/> He borrowed money at absurdly high-interest rates, once at 10 percent per year, another time at 15 percent. Djokovic gambled and bet everything on his son. If Novak had not made it as a professional, the family would have been ruined.<ref name=spiegel/> Djokovic and his wife put all of their resources and assets to help Novak, so much so that they sacrificed and neglected their other kids. In a rare television interview, Djokovic said of his second and third sons: "I tried to discourage them, but to no avail. Their own brother is the greatest idol to them. They do not have to look elsewhere. They are trying hard and want to be like Novak".{{sfn|Bowers|2014|p=chapter six}}
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==Controversy==
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==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Wilbon|first=Michael|title=The Best American Sports Writing 2012|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=2012|isbn=978-0547336978 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVbmST8hFz4C&dq=srdjan+djokovic&pg=PA304}}
*{{Cite book |last=Biographies |first=Belmont and Belcourt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFWA0tx6BDoC&dq=srdjan+djokovic&pg=PT7 |title=Novak Djokovic: An Unauthorized Biography |date=August 2012 |publisher=Price World Publishing |isbn=978-1-61984-179-6 |language=en}}
*{{Cite book |last=Schurman |first=Kyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JF-BwAAQBAJ&dq=srdjan+djokovic&pg=PT47 |title=Novak Djokovic Bio: A Perfect Season? |date=6 October 2011
*{{cite book|last=Bowers|first=Chris|title=The Sporting Statesman - Novak Djokovic and the Rise of Serbia|year=2014|publisher=Kings Road Publishing|location=London|isbn=9781782197706}}
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